OC Oerlikon Corporation AG announced that Dr. Mary Gresens, Mikhail Lifshitz and Johan Van de Steen will not be standing for re-election at the AGM to be held on April 5, 2016. In addition, the Board nominates Dr. Jean Botti, David Metzger and Alexey V. Moskov as candidates for the Board of Directors of the Oerlikon Group. Dr. Jean Botti would be an independent Director on the Board of Directors, while David Metzger and Alexey V. Moskov would both represent the principal shareholder Renova. Dr. Jean Botti was Airbus Groups Chief Technical Officer since May 2006, and will be joining Royal Philips on April 1, 2016 as its Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer. Before Airbus, Dr. Botti held diverse management positions from 1997 to 2006 with Delphi. Prior to Delphi, he was with General Motors and Renault in various management positions, mostly in the area of managing chassis engineering, components, drivelines and other automotive components. David Metzger is Managing Director Investments of the Renova Management AG, Zurich, Switzerland. Since 2011, he held various positions at Renova, initially as CFO of Venetos, and later as
Deputy Managing Director Strategy and M&A. Prior to Renova, David Metzger worked for Good Energies, a well renowned renewable energy fund, where he was investment manager for four years and during which, he also served as CFO and Board Member of several ventures. Before Good Energies, he was Senior Manager at Bain & Company, focusing on strategy and private equity. Alexey V. Moskov is Chairman of the Executive Board of the Renova Group. In 2004, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Renova Management AG. Prior to Renova, he served on the Board of Directors of NGK Slavneft and worked in diverse managerial positions at Tyumen Oil Company and Tobacco Trade Group.